Allan Rich
Allan Rich | |
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![]() Rich in 1984 | |
Born | Benjamin Norman Schultz February 8, 1926 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
Died | August 22, 2020 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 94)
Occupation | Actor, author, acting coach, activist |
Years active | 1963–2014 |
Spouse(s) | Elaine Rich
(m. 1951; died 2015) |
Children | 2 |
Benjamin Norman Schultz (February 8, 1926 – August 22, 2020), known professionally as Allan Rich, was an American character actor, author, acting coach and activist.
Career[]
Rich began his acting career when he was 9 years old.[1] He appeared in the Broadway productions I'll Take the High Road (1943), Career Angel (1944), Darkness at Noon (1951), and The Emperor's Clothes (1953).[2] In 1948, Rich played the title role in a production of Ben Jonson's Volpone in Yellow Springs, Ohio.[3]
Beginning in 1979, Rich was distributor and publisher of Hollywood portraits made by George Hurrell.[1]
Personal life and death[]
Allan Rich was one of the many alleged communist sympathizers blacklisted in the 1950s Hollywood blacklist.[4] He married Elaine in 1951, who would go on to be a personal manager to a number of actors after the couple moved to Los Angeles in 1976. The couple had two children together, Marian and David.[5] Elaine Rich died in 2015, aged 81.[5]
He mentored Rene Russo in acting.
Rich spent the last five years of his life as a resident at the Lillian Booth Actors Home, run by the Actors Fund of America. He died from progressive dementia in Englewood, New Jersey, in August 2020, at the age of 94.[6][7]
Activism[]
Rich was the co-founder of non-profit organization We Care About Kids, which produces educational short films for middle and high school youths.[8][better source needed]
Filmography[]
Film | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1973 | Serpico | Dist. Atty. Herman Tauber | |
1974 | The Gambler | Bernie | |
1975 | The Happy Hooker | Desk Sergeant | |
1978 | Uncle Joe Shannon | Dr. Clark | |
1979 | Voices | Montrose Meier | |
The Frisco Kid | Mr. Bialik | ||
The Seekers | General Wayne | ||
1980 | Hero at Large | Marty Fields | |
Leo and Loree | Jarvis | ||
1982 | Eating Raoul | Nazi | |
The Entity | Dr. Walcott | ||
Frances | Mr. Bebe | ||
1984 | Kidco | Jim Clark | |
1985 | Rocky IV | Boxing Commissioner | Scene deleted |
1986 | Bad Guys | Luigi Constantine | |
1989 | Another Chance | J.R. Jacobs | |
Checking Out | Dr. Haskell | ||
1990 | Betsy's Wedding | Nate Tobias | |
1991 | Highlander II: The Quickening | Allan Neyman | |
1994 | Quiz Show | Robert Kintner | |
Disclosure | Ben Heller | ||
1995 | Two Much | Reverend Larrabee | |
1996 | Jack | Dr. Benfante | |
The Rich Man's Wife | Bill Adolphe | ||
1997 | Out to Sea | Sebastian | |
Amistad | Judge Juttson | ||
1998 | A League of Old Men | Judge | Also director |
Malaika | Sal's Pizza Customer | ||
1999 | The Dogwalker | ||
2001 | Skippy | Gordan Gates | |
2002 | The Burial Society | Hy Leibowicz | |
2003 | Intoxicating | Michael Reilly | |
2006 | The Alibi | Klump | |
2007 | Man in the Chair | Speed | |
The Memory Thief | Zvi | ||
Rise: Blood Hunter | Harrison | ||
My Sexiest Year | Papa | ||
2008 | The Last Word | Francis | |
2013 | Rain from Stars | Old John | |
2014 | Wish I Was Here | Klump | (final film role) |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1977 | The San Pedro Beach Bums | Captain Rossinki | Episode: "The Bums vs. the Reds" |
1977 | Hawaii Five-O | Lou Marvin | Episode: "Practical Jokes Can Kill You" |
1979 | Happy Days | Professor Thomas | Episode: "Postie Quits School" |
1979 | The Seekers | Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne | 2 episodes |
1980 | CHiPs | Judge Towers | Episode: "Jailbirds" |
1981-1983 | Hill Street Blues | Judge Maurice Schiller | 4 episodes |
1981 | Barney Miller | Lenord the theatre producer | Episode: "Resignation" |
1986 | Life With Lucy | The Judge | Episode: "Lucy, Leagle Beagle" |
2000-2001 | Judging Amy | Jim Southam | 4 episodes |
2004 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Solly | Season 4 |
2010 | House M.D. | Sidney | Episode: "Selfish" |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Doolittle, Leslie (December 7, 1997). "Portrait of a character: Veteran actor Allan Rich". The Orlando Sentinel. Florida, Orlando. p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Allan Rich". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "Area Theater Stages Farce". Dayton Daily News. Ohio, Dayton. November 28, 1948. p. 63. Retrieved March 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hollywood's Comeback Kid at 80". Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Barnes, Mike (August 17, 2015). "Elaine Rich, Personal Manager for Fran Drescher, Dies at 81". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ Barnes, Mike (August 24, 2020). "Allan Rich, Character Actor Who Overcame the Blacklist, Dies at 94". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Young, Julius (August 25, 2020). "Allan Rich, 'Serpico,' Quiz Show' star who overcame Hollywood blacklist, dead at 94". Fox News. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ http://www.wecareaboutkids.org/kids-team.htm
External links[]
- 1926 births
- 2020 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Hollywood blacklist
- Jewish American male actors
- Male actors from New York City
- People from the Bronx
- Neurological disease deaths in New Jersey
- Deaths from dementia